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The Dirtbag Diaries

Mountain Hollow Dreams

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Chris Kalman, Austin Siadak and Miranda Oakley got to go on what should have been a climber’s dream trip--fully funded first ascents of granite big walls in the Coast Range of British Columbia, helicopter transport in and out, and good team dynamics. But, by the end, Chris realized that this dream trip left him feeling a little hollow and he needed to redefine how he pursues meaningful adventures.

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0:00.0

If the first 50 years were an experiment, to prove that a business could be

0:05.4

responsible and successful, turns out it's not just possible. It's profitable. So

0:12.5

what's next? What's next is simple. It's human power and it's finding the joy

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in doing difficult things. What's next is turning capitalism on its head and

0:23.4

putting all our money where our mouth is. What's next is unstoppable. For nearly

0:31.4

50 years Patagonia has given a damn about people and the environment. Find

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more at Patagonia.com slash stories.

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1:02.0

Okay Fitz, I have a question for you. Okay. What's the outdoor accomplishment that

1:09.2

you're most proud of? Like maybe it's an FA of a climb or some hard red

1:14.8

point or an Arlead big wall or a badass ski tour, you know, something like that.

1:19.0

But yeah, tell me about one of those that stands out. I would actually say that

1:25.0

I don't think any one thing stands out. But the things I'm always the most

1:29.9

proud of when I look back at them in the outdoors, they were the experiences

1:34.9

where I dug really deep. You know, I'd be like trying to onsite something or

1:39.7

trying to work out a really difficult crock sequence, a thousand feet off the

1:45.5

ground. And I'd sort of go into this mode where I would really focus and

1:52.4

really fight and really struggle. But struggle in a conscientious way where it

1:58.4

was like I was applying my mind to something difficult. And there's like a

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